Some employers see 'risk' in hiring K-12 grads: Jobstreet

ABS-CBN News

Job hunters line up at an employment fair in Manila. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

MANILA - Some employers are unwilling to hire K-12 graduates, seeing the lack of a 4-year degree as a "risk," a job recruitment website said.

Only 24 percent of employers were willing to hire K-12 graduates, 35 percent were unwilling, while 41 percent were undecided, according to a JobStreet.com poll of 503 company representatives in February.

The study does not prove that college graduates are better workers compared to K-12 graduates, but shows that those who earned degrees have "more chances in landing a job" in the Philippines, Jobstreet.com Philippines country manager Philip Gioca told reporters.

Another survey released by the Philippine Business for Education in March showed only 1 out of 5 companies "are open and ready to accept senior high school graduates."